Close Protection Top 5 Tips For Bodyguard Training

This article close protection CP top 5 tips forprotection security unit members.
bodyguard training was written to assist all aspiringThe closest I ever came to losing my life during a CP
bodyguard trainees and fully qualified CP officers thesecurity contract, was because I didn't know the level
opportunity to delve deep into security issues notof the executive protection courses taken by one of
generally covered in any close protection ormy CP team members. I vowed never to compromise
bodyguard training programmes.my personal protection ever again by making that
Furthermore, CP top 5 tips for bodyguard trainingmistake.
highlights an executive protection perspective for a CPIf you learn one thing from this article let it be that you
bodyguard seeking close bodyguard jobs withneed to know the level of your CP security team
executive protection agencies. The security industry ismembers executive protection courses.
booming and the executive protection bodyguardIn my experience there are more than enough
sector is leading this boom particularly the sector ofprofessional CP trained protection bodyguard working
providing executive protection for corporate clients andthe six continent circuit to ensure you don't have to
VIP's. These CP top 5 tips will help bodyguard studentswork with a less than competent CP bodyguard.
understand the security industry.Close Protection Top 5 Tips For Bodyguard Training
Close Protection Top 5 Tips For Bodyguard Training#4
#1Know Your Close Protection Security Client/s
Know The Limitations of CP AgenciesOne of the most difficult aspects of being a CP
After nearly 20 years of active involvement in allbodyguard is getting to know your close protection
aspects of extremely high risk executive protectionsecurity Principal/s. After conducting hundreds of CP
security as a bodyguard and instructor of CP coursesjobs for VIP principals in four continents, I still
for hundreds of CP agencies in 42 different countries.sometimes struggle with occasional new business
One of the best kept executive protection security tipsclients.
is to know the limitations of CP related executiveEven though I carry out robust profile assessments
protection agencies.and threat assessments for every individual close
I cannot stress how important this is. I have frequentlyprotection security Principal and close protection
listened in to fellow CP trainers working full time directcontract, it is never easy to really dig below the
for various CP agencies informing trainee executivesurface to get to know your close protection security
protection students about how their CP course is theclient/s.
best in the world and how their protection bodyguardWhen I deliver close protection courses for global
are the elite forces of the CP security sector.close protection agencies I always counsel every
In many of these executive protection agencies theclose protection bodyguard in the programme, that
poor level of the CP courses delivered for everymost close protection security client/s will only tell you
aspiring protection bodyguard was sadly insufficient tohalf the story.
prepare them for anything above basic CP jobs withinIt's no great secret that when a client hires the close
the domestic executive protection security industry.protection services of a protection bodyguard team,
Close Protection Top 5 Tips For Bodyguard Trainingthere has been either an actual or perceived threat
#2against that client or a member of his/her family or
Know Your CP Enemies Before You Consider A CPbusiness associate.
Bodyguard ProfessionHiring a protection bodyguard from any of the
From the great many CP agencies delivering closerecognised close protection agencies is an expensive
protection courses globally, I have only come acrossundertaking and it is often this reason why a close
two within the CP security industry who teach everyprotection security client/s fail to provide all the
protection bodyguard to know your CP enemiespertinent facts.
before you consider a CP bodyguard career. TheThese close protection clients, many of who are from
significance of this issue cannot be played down as Ia corporate owner background have been taught at
have witnessed executive protection agenciesbusiness college how to save money. If they downplay
pumping out production lines of CP trained protectionthe threat against them they know the close protection
bodyguard whose only focus is on the most evidentagencies will allocate less close protection bodyguards
enemy.or a lesser paid protection bodyguard to protect them.
In the real world of executive protection security everyAlthough it is obviously false economy and it's
CP bodyguard knows that the greatest confrontationpre-programmed for failure I have personally
faced by every individual protection bodyguard comesexperienced this with several close protection
from one of the other four enemies, i.e.Principals.
The first enemy of every CP bodyguard is him/herNever scrimp when you have to produce a well
self.researched profile and threat assessment prior to
The second enemy is the spouse, girl/boy friend andclose protection contract engagement for any of the
family members of the executive protection securityclose protection jobs you undertake.
team members.It is during the profile and threat assessment stage that
Third is the local system of government of the countryyou have the best chance to get know your close
in which you are running your executive protectionprotection security client/s.
security contract.Close Protection Top 5 Tips For Bodyguard Training
Fourth is your CP client, VIP or Principal.#5
The fifth enemy of every CP bodyguard is whatKnow When To Say No To Close Protection Security
every security consultant deems the obvious enemy inClose Protection Jobs
the executive protection security threat assessment,When a would be protection bodyguard first contacts
typically a terrorist, organised crime organisation or theone of the close protection agencies to sign up for
obvious perpetrator.their close protection courses programmes with a
Close Protection Top 5 Tips For Bodyguard Trainingview to gaining close protection jobs, it is very
#3appealing to say yes to every close protection
Know The Level Of Your CP Security Teamsecurity contract that lands on your desk.
Members Executive Protection CoursesThe chance to recover their close protection courses
During my CP security occupation I have survivedtuition costs and all-consuming longing to get their first
several terrorist and organised crime gang attacks asclose protection security contracts under their belt are
well as many spontaneous attacks against the principalthe main two reasons why they say yes to every
or VIP clients under my direct protection. The closest Icontract.
ever came to losing my life was in a dark alley sharedIn reality, although it's a bitter pill to swallow, it is
by Russian soldiers and Russian and Latvian Mafiaprecisely at this early stage of your close protection
villains in Riga, Latvia.career when you have to know when to say no to
At the time I was working for several CP agencies asclose protection security close protection jobs.
a freelance CP security unit commander. Most of theI am the first to admit in the early stages of my
CP individual protection bodyguard I led had graduatedexecutive protection career my wish to prove myself
as an executive protection bodyguard from some ofas a professional bodyguard forced me to say yes to
the world's most reputable CP courses run by somemany executive protection services contracts when I
of the world's finest executive protection agencies.should have said no.
However I was frequently tasked with leading teamsIt's one of those lessons that most executive
of protection bodyguard who were hired in on aprotection training programmes fail to teach you. In
temporary ad hoc employment basis. Their close CPreality if you don't learn to know when to say no to
agencies were supposed to have checked theirCP security close protection jobs your career can be
qualifications and as a given, should have ascertainedover before it's really got off the ground.
they were highly skilled alumni of specialist CP courses.I have myself experienced many a protection
In the pursuit of short term revenue many of these CPbodyguard who has cut corners to save money when
agencies failed in their attentiveness prior to hiringconducting their own CP courses foolishly accept
every protection bodyguard. Consequently these badlyclose protection security contracts which sadly
trained protection bodyguard caused many seriousdelivered fatal consequences on various close
problems some of which compromised theprotection jobs.
safekeeping of the more professional executive